Despite the tantrums and defiance this has to be my favorite age so far. He's developing such a personality and we love hearing him talk in his adorable, mixed up sentences. He's starting to be a little social butterfly. He has always loved kids. As soon as he catches sight of kids when we're out in public he zones in on them, starts laughing at their jokes, and thinks he can hang with them no matter their age. But lately he has started striking up conversations with adults too. We were at the zoo the other day and he had a stream of dialogue going with this random woman at the otter exhibit. As the otter would swim back and forth he would say, "where''d he go? otter go? oh! there he is! find him!" for like seriously 15 minutes. It wasn't getting old to me or him, but I can't speak for this poor woman.
More Andersisms of 21 months that I don't want to forget
- "Come on Mama/Daddy/Oliver! Pay yegos!" (while beckoning us with his hand)
- "Here go, Mama" (when handing me something I almost never want)
- "Hurt your finger" -what he says anytime he hurts anything
- "Bonk your head"- any time he gets in trouble he says he bonked his head to get sympathy
- Gives himself pep talks- "Good dump it out!" "Good helping Anders!" "Careful Anders" (when doing something dangerous like jumping on the bed)
- When we tell him it's time to say prayers he folds his arms and says "Heavenly Father, thank you day" Maybe his mother and father need to work on their vain repetitions...
- Thinks everything is funny. "funny dog" "funny yogurt" "funny trash truck". It's really not all that funny
- Counting. I can't do it justice so I'll have to post it a video. Adam thinks he has disparnumerophobia. #notarealdisease
washing machine maintenance
always happy to pet your dog at the park
"here go, mama"
mid-week breakfast date with the big D
crazy times at the park with his two best buds Oliver and Audrey
(also, all toddler girls are named Audrey)
always requesting "buddles" in the bath
sitting on this fake hippo is always, always better than seeing the live hippos
you can never be too safe while puzzling
Adam requested a picture of Anders while at work and I sent him the first one I took.
Beggars can't be choosers!
And in closing, here's the video I promised. Not sure how to make it not look so funky and huge? For those who don't speak Anders he's trying to count but keeps getting distracted by fire trucks and trash trucks. He finally settles on "1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14! 16, 16, 16, 16!"
He's my best little buddy and I love him to pieces.
What does it even mean when we say "thank you for this day"? I say it every time and I'm not even sure.
ReplyDeleteHaha!! That video! Bless you for posting it, it's hilarious! I've already watched it 3 times. Love the updates <3 <3 <3
ReplyDeleteAnders is a boy genius!! Pretty sure he talks as well as Carson haha. And Carson JUST learned how to count to 20.
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